The Grumman-Northrop Grumman Retiree Club established a scholarship program in 1997. It is for eligible members’ children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren, etc., who are graduating from high school and attending a college or university in the same year as the award. To date, some 200 scholarships have been awarded.
The number and amount of awards are based on the available funds and the number of applicants. Funding for these scholarships is completely dependent on donations from you, the members, and also has been and continues to come from annual donations from the club itself and from the Bethpage Federal Credit Union. It is your generosity that makes this scholarship program possible for our offspring.
Applications are available here on the club website or by calling the club’s office at 516-575-3777. Eligibility and other requirements are detailed in the application.
The directors of the Scholarship Fund evaluate each applicant using a weighted scoring system that emphasizes both academic performance and school and community involvement. After averaging all directors’ scores, the top applicants receive scholarships. (Twins or relatives each might not score high enough for both to get an award.) How many scholarships are awarded – top eight, nine, etc. – are determined by the amount of money the Fund has.
Though not all applicants receive a scholarship, the Fund’s directors and club members perceive all applicants as life winners. What the evaluators have seen in each applicant
is a person who works hard to make herself or himself better intellectually and, more importantly, the best possible contributor to society. The maturity, goals, ambitions, and career objectives of these young people make us all proud of the coming generation.
The Fund urges all members to encourage their eligible dependents to apply. Please note that current employees of the Grumman-heritage component of Northrop Grumman are eligible to become members of the club after one year of employment. However, for a student to apply for a scholarship, the member must be in good standing for the scholarship award year and the prior two years. In the event of the death of the member, membership can be continued uninterrupted by a surviving spouse or descendant of the original retiree member by informing the Grumman Retiree Club.
Please continue your bighearted support of this fine, long-standing benefaction by your Retiree Club. Speaking for all those who have gained from your generosity since 1997, it is well-appreciated.